One of the greatest internet memes ever – a superb example of "a picture being worth a thousand words". If I had to choose just one image to explain exactly how things got this bad, it might be this. A short 🧵 1/4 - ThreadSky

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hughmannwright.bsky.social • 146 days ago

One of the greatest internet memes ever – a superb example of "a picture being worth a thousand words".

If I had to choose just one image to explain exactly how things got this bad, it might be this.

A short 🧵
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hughmannwright.bsky.social•146 days ago

The cookie is any public or private good which the average Joe on the right would like to have more of.

The "foreigner" could be an immigrant (obviously!) – but represents ANY minority that can conveniently be marginalized and demonized.
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hughmannwright.bsky.social•146 days ago

The Murdoch figure in the middle not only starts from a position of control over the vast majority of public/private goods – but also represents a ruling elite which has entered into an unholy alliance with those who control the dissemination of information...
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hughmannwright.bsky.social•146 days ago

...in order to convince the average Joe that it is the most miserable and most marginal in society who are the real reason why he can't have more cookies (ie, a larger share of the public/private goods).
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hughmannwright.bsky.social•48 days ago

Addendum:
Arianne Shahvisi on capitalist exploitation and "white privilege".

504spyboy.bsky.social•2 days ago

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

~ Lyndon Baines Johnson

being.earth•14 days ago

Murdoch and Fox news.

marinedreamer11.bsky.social•14 days ago

Sad but true!

oldswamptree.bsky.social•45 days ago

This may be my favorite thing I've seen so far on here.
It is a truth so self-evident that you have to make a conscious effort to ignore it

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